Dracula’s Paprika Hendl from Bram Stoker’s 1897 Novel

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Date: October 21, 2025

35 thoughts on “Dracula’s Paprika Hendl from Bram Stoker’s 1897 Novel

  1. Something like this is still very common food in czech republic, we just don't use sour cream, we usually use normal cream instead. We also often cut the chicken into smaller peaces, and serve it with rice, dumplings or pasta. It is quite easy meal, and i highly recommand it.
    Don't be scared to use a lot of paprika, it is almost inpossible to add too much

  2. The cats' meat rabbit hole was fascinating! To this day, in Brazil, we call meat skewers of questionable quality "cat skewers" (at least in my region).
    If the cats' meat practice was more widespread in Europe (which I presume it was), this might be the origin of the expression!
    Nowadays the story people tell is that it's secretly made of street animals, but why "cats", then, if most street animals are dogs? It might be a folk etymology born of misunderstanding that expression as the practice faded away!

  3. Just a small tidbit about robber steak. In hungary we still have this dish (we call it rablóhús, it's a direct translation), and it's basically just an assortment of meat and veggies, mainly beef and onion, on a stick, roasted usually over open fire. A very popular campfire food.

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